Aether

Aether is a gloriously imaginative and atmospheric puzzle adventure game in which you swing through the stars to reach several different planets, each with a unique puzzle to solve. The designers have made a truly compelling experience, and it's a fantastic artistic endeavor. You can also just spend some time flying through space or the clouds, the music and movement are so relaxing.

I have no idea how to solve the puzzle on each of the planets? I talk to everyone and then what, do I have to find something? or do something? I don't understand the basics of how to solve the puzzle? Any help would be appreciated.

In the cave, after making all the notes chime, and the core is smiling. How do you EXIT the cave...?
The controls are getting on my nerves, though; and how long it takes to get to any particular goal. The game has so much going for it, otherwise. Grrrr

Everybody is so enthusiastic... Is is just me having this bug when scrolling suddenly stop? All the physics remain the same, but no matter where I go, I still see the same screen. Makes it somewhat difficult to leave a planet since I cannot see or even blindly aim towards the clouds.

Starting all from scratch for the 3rd time is not so appealing. If it's just me, I guess I'll try again from another computer...

Wow, I just came home from a lecture where I learnt that "Aether", in Greek mythology, is where the Gods live, the air which is too thin for man to breathe in.
This game is stunning, yet somewhat scary, I was in constant fear of getting lost in space.

Okay, there are a lot of good hints here, and I'm going to go ahead and compile them into a walkthrough because it's about time I contributed more than just a sentence or two to the mix

Overall Gameplay Tips
-You can check the name of the planet you're on in the upper right hand corner when you first land on it.
-Some planets are a bit tricky to get back into space from (Gravida and Debasa in particular). Your best bet is to get a bit away from the surface and just swing until you're going in circles.
-Remember centripetal force: When you let go of a cloud or star, you fling off at a tangent to the circle you're making. So if you want to leave a planet, your best bet is NOT when you're on top of the cloud, but when you're next to it on the upswing.
-There are three ways to tell if you've solved a planet: The flash of light, the mood of the planet (not its inhabitants), and whether or not the planet's "butterfly" pointer appears when you're in space.

Blue-green Planet (Earth)

Remember how this all started with the boy wanting to explore?

Every time you solve another planet, Earth gets a little smaller.

Come back to Earth after you've solved all the other planets to see the ending.

Pink Planet (Gravida)

Hey, this planet looks... dead.

Check out the open mouth.

It must get boring all alone inside that shell.

What can pass the time?

Maybe some music?

Each of the crystals plays a note when you swing on it.

Swing on all of the crystals in turn.

And because at least one person had a problem doing so, to leave the core,

just swing up to the surface from the crystals - don't worry about lining up with the open mouth again.

Blue Planet (Malaisus)

Wow, that guy's a jerk. It has nothing to do with the puzzle, I just thought I'd mention it.

Although he does look like the creature you're riding. I wonder if this is where he comes from?

He must be hungry after taking you all over the galaxy.

Maybe he should eat?

What is there around for your creature to snack on?

Eat all the fish.

Yellow Planet (Biblion)
Before we get into the puzzle here...

This may be a bug, but I noticed there are two faces on this planet - one happy, one mad. So you may not be able to use the mood of the planet to determine whether you're done with it.

The major complaint I have with the game is that my key buffer or mouse click buffer, not sure which, overloads during play and I have to wait for all my key strokes and mouse clicks to catch up. It makes for a game I can't play, period.

The major complaint I have with the game is that my key buffer or mouse click buffer, not sure which, overloads during play and I have to wait for all my key strokes and mouse clicks to catch up. It makes for a game I can't play, period.

I had the exact same experience. A shame as it looked/sounded very nice when it wasn't getting beeped over by my motherboard speaker....

How do you get the character to swing all the way around? It hits a maximum arc swinging back and forth whenever it's under the influence of gravity. Is there a trick to the game physics that I'm not insightful enough to try?

I have played the game on two different PC's both online and downloaded, same problem every time; the motherboard speaker whining at me from the buffer overload. I am bummed too, the game (what I could play of it) was fun.

StaceyG, I tried hitting Esc but nothing happened, I think it was due to all the commands trying to play catchup. I swear it blows my mind that only one other person is experiencing the same problems I am.

I can't find any planets. I've been following one arrow around for five minutes or more and space just keeps on going and going and going...
I tried another arrow and it just disappeared off the screen. Suggestions anyone?

auroraB: This was something irksome about the game - when the color arrow disappears toward the bottom of the screen that seems to mean you have arrived at a planet, you just need to keep going down to the surface.

The atmosphere and the music are what is most compelling to me. If more people could create games like this to pass the time, I probably would be a completely unproductive member of society. Thank god games like these don't come out everyday... I would never get anything done.

After finishing the puzzle on Biblion (yellow planet), the camera froze in place. I can move my character around, but the camera doesn't follow him anymore, and I can't get off the planet because of it. Has anyone else run into this? Is it just a bug?

The key to quick movement is to use ASDW while you are swinging on your tongue. You add to your momentum. So if you want to go up from a planet, grab a cloud off to the side (say right) and above you, press the direction you are swinging (right) while you swing down. At the lowest part of your swing also press up (right and up together) to gain momentum. At the side point (farthest right) let go and you will be going quite a bit faster and up!

I found the hidden planet too, right after I finished the green one. I thought it was just a big star or something to pass over, then my little creature stopped when I hit it and landed. It was only in space, no atmosphere and I could walk around it like other planets, but was small and had little thingys, beans I guess, running around. The green planet was my last, so I went off to earth to see the ending, and didn't bother too much with the planet. Did I mention it was grey? And it was the only planet that talked. It said AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! The little bean things just scurried along.

I really liked this game, had alot of fun playing it and solving each puzzle and solving the mystery. Im looking forward to more games from this guy, he did a really good job.
But am I the only one who wants an mp3 of the song? Its quite well done and I would kill for it.

I really really wanted to like this game. I just can't give it the best comment because it was seriously TOO hard to get out of one of the planets. I'm so motion sick right now from trying to get out! I would take a break and try again later, but you can't save either, and I do not want to do this entire thing again!

For anyone having trouble getting out of the cave on the red/pink planet, I really struggled with that, too. What I did is used the crystals to start going around in a circle. When you get going fast enough, you'll be slung out of the cave.

Music is relaxing, true, but I find the mechanics quite difficult to get the hang of. For instance, I swing off a cloud, then my (laggy) computer will (momentarily) freeze, and the next thing I know, I'm plummeting back to Earth.
Then, when I can get a bit further up, I land on a moonish-looking planet thing, and then, I am forced to re-load, because, despite my futile attempts, I can't get of the moon-thing!
Really, I'd like to love this game, but I can't.

I love this game. But I can't play it on Kongregate.When it loads the bar says 888%. So I played it on Armorgames. Even so, I love the game and I think the animal thingy that the little boy rides on is cute.

This game is beautiful. And it has everything. It has the graphics. It has the music. It has a little boy on an octopus. It has stars. It has space. It has planets, aliens with issues, moons, random backdrop images and fish. EVERYTHING.

ive noticed that every planet, exept the blue one, it seems, has an actual moon that you can walk on. i have probably swung around the blue planet for a total of about three and a half days, but i cant seem to find a little mini-planet that has gravity and i can walk on, but i think that there is, so either i cant find it, or its my computer. could someone let me know if they find one near the blue planet?

I guess I am an idiot lol. I have absolutely no clue what to do. I am sitting on something on a planet with a face and birds are turning into snowballs. I have tried running them over and jumping on them. I tried clicking with my mouse- nothing. I don't get it :(

just getting to this game after seeing it win the "best of". in 15 minutes I haven't managed to get off the first planet. the controls on this game are atrocious. I get up a few cloud levels and then fall back to earth b/c my tongue won't extend. from all the reviews, it seems like it's a good game, but I don't see it. Music and cute graphics don't make a good game if just getting started is that frustrating. shame.

What about the mini planets? LIke the one where there is a mini planet (MOON? BUT Not related to a planet), and next to it a little rock broken off, on one a creature says: I'm glad I left and do they think about me ON the ohter, creature says I'm glad he's gone. Is there a solution for those ones?

If you know the locations of the mini-moons for each planets (which are subtle hints to the planet) please tell us where to go. Are they above the planet's face? Are they on the bottom end? The happy or sad end? TELL US!!!!!

To start, go to the open mouth. Now go left to what may seem like the left side. (You can go inside to help.) Now, stop when you see two cactus right next to each other and go right up. You should see the moon along with a bean bag looking fellow. And guess what! The moon is dead too!! Basically this is what your doing. (

It looks like the little bugs from Gravira (the pink dead planet). It apparently got stuck in space, and it says "Am I going to die?"? I saw it when I was (supposedly) heading to Gravira. (Because that planets pointer is no longer there after I solved the puzzle.)

Hmm...as i was swinging through space i found a little sad-looking, eyeless planet. I couldnt land on it, and it was uninhabited, but when i got close it said "im outta here" Weird. Greant game, though. :)

Once at the green planet, how the heck are you supposed to get above the atmosphere? I fell through and I paused it for a moment, and now I can barely move, let alone build up enough momentum to swing. Heck, I can't even jump. What do I do?

You know... after stopping by to check out this game again... I begin to realize that this is a rather emotional game. It saddens me to have seen that more people were focused more on the puzzles, then the actual issues that were going on with each and individual planet...

If you play the game believing that this game might be about the life of Edmund McMillen (the creator)... you start to realize that the ending is happier then some might believe, while the issues portrayed on the planets are... tragic...

Basically, issues like desire for suicide or perhaps fear of his own life (resolved by a love and desire for music), dysfunctional families (parents who don't seem to want him there, and a family pushed apart by it), drug abuse or perhaps medication (remember the guy who says "I'm here because I'm bad"? This applies here); a conflict on whether or not to follow his dreams and the hesitation that results from it; multiple failed attempts to achieve a certain goal which might either be his goal, companionship, or both (there are plenty of fish in the sea...), and a realization that he can only set his own destiny, and that the life that he had and desired, is perhaps all but unobtainable...

It's very sad.

Play the game again, but pay attention to the characters, both on the planets, and their adjacent moons...

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